Saturday was Jono's birthday. He wanted to go to Dublin for the day - first to Mark's Models (a model railway shop) and afterwards to Dún Laoghaire. Things don't always go to plan though... First of all we were scuppered by transport troubles. The train was 20 minutes late to arrive. When it did arrive there... Continue Reading →
Annoying Appointments
OK I'm ranting. I've asked Jono if I can do this blog post and he agreed. Some of you may know that Jono has asperger's syndrome, he also has kyphosis and scoliosis. He had surgery in 2009 as his spine was curved at almost 100 degrees. The surgery involved two rods being inserted on either... Continue Reading →
Four years ago today
It's hard to believe that its four years ago today since Jono had his spinal fusion surgery. Time really does fly. We had to sing 'Happy Birthday' to the 'twin rods' today 🙂 If you want to read the whole story from four years ago it's here. Well done Jono, the bravest person I know... Continue Reading →
Surveys and rants
Ok a rare blog with nothing to do with photography!! I was driving along today and heard that Adam Levine has been declared as the 'sexiest man alive'. Who decided this? Was it one of those surveys that I hear about but have never been asked to take part in, or never heard of anyone... Continue Reading →
Back to appointments
Just when you think life is going well it has a habit of giving you a swift kick up the backside. This week I was picking up Jono from Collooney railway station and Rocket-dog came along. I was walking him along the station and his toenails got caught in a metal grid 😦 So he... Continue Reading →
Jono’s 20th birthday
Jono turned 20 this week! Where do the years go? He wanted to go to Ballina so I took him there. We got to walk around Belleek Woods for a while, which is a really beautiful place, I've never been there before. We did a bit of shopping in the town and had a look... Continue Reading →